Did thumb injury come from machete attack?

NILES — A man who received treatment at ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital for a cut thumb told police the injury had come from an incident at a Youngstown Road tavern early Thursday, but police believe otherwise.

The man was at the hospital for treatment at 2:27 a.m., but a resident of Morris Place reported that he had confronted the man at about 1:50 a.m. outside of his home and cut the man with a machete.

The Morris Place man said the victim suffered the cut while trying to grab the machete. The Morris place resident called police to his house initially regarding noise coming from a neighbor’s house.